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stitches came out today. start rehab on friday. doc says about 4-6 wks. alot of swelling has gone away. now mostly just some bruising but not near as much as there was. x-rays look good waiting on mri results. he's happy with the way it looks and feels and that makes me happy. andre how r u feeling?

That's great news Chris!  Hopefully you'll be back on your bike in no time  [thumbsup]

Good job, Chris  [thumbsup]

Hope rehab goes smoothly for you... (Don't pull an Amy Winehouse ;) )

Good hearing that!!  [thumbsup]  Hey while my bike is getting all the stuff done to it...  Can I ride yours? ???  Did you find that stuff??

you cannot ride mine however check your phone for the answer on parts!!

Man thanks for the parts, but come on just let me ride it for lets say 1 week.  PLEASE!  I will make sure that    if    when you get it back it will be full of gas ( and I won't put diesel in it either)  [laugh] and at least a couple miles left on the tires  ;D

Sounds good you're making progress.  Just a few more weeks......

glad to hear you're progressing man....oh, and pics!

Update!

No BBQ in Alvarado!!!

-Only Dallas.
I checked today.

I'll try to make it.

Ummmm, how does this help Chris recover?  ???  :P

Chris,

Good to hear you are coming along.  How's the battery on the bike?  Did the 'Tender do its job?  Go on, let Alan ride your bike, I'll check in on him from time to time and ride it too to make sure he's taking care of it. ;D

cdc

Yo Chris- post up if there's anything we can do for you to help speed and/or ease your recovery  [thumbsup]

Doh!!!

...Accidentally got posted in the wrong place... but I don't know how! ...?  ...?

All the same Chris -A speedy recovery to you -Maybe some BBQ protein will help!  (not much of a save, but hell, you gotta' try...  [roll]  )

Put     the     bottle       DOWN!       Back      away     from     the        tequila      ;)

liquor is motivation in bottle-form i've found...no telling what projects you will start and/or complete after half a bottle! [thumbsup]

Now if we can get Chris liquored up, he will get to feeling MUCH better, and it will increase the chances of his letting us ride the bike. In turn, we get liquored up after getting his bike and mod the s**t out of it (win-win  ;)).  [drink]

Glad to hear about the progress, man. [thumbsup]

Does anyone have room to trailer Chris to the HC?  [laugh]

 [thumbsup]  good to hear the good news

i am out on HC however i was able to reschedule my trip to the dragon (mid week ride slow and easy with some usmc buddies) for late july early august now i just gotta hope these punks don't back out on me again. you don't want to ride mine my maintenance light came on about 300 miles ago. about the only things i really want to do is some monstrack mirrors; carbon fiber rear and front, belt covers; dark rear seat cowl; maybe see if i can get block/heads painted black;  and maybe the dual headlights.

I really like the dual-headlight look...

Post up if you need help with anything!  [thumbsup]

Great news, man!  Good luck on rehab... If they're doing passive movement, get your pain killers ready.

I'm doing great, took the pins out a little before schedule (rolled over my hand while sleeping, had the pins almost sticking out the other side of the finger, so I moved the appointment up to "as soon as you can fit me"); x-rays looked good, so I moved on to the next stage of rehab.  Still doing active movement only (trying to move the finger with it's own muscles), but in a week or so I'll move to passive movement (the therapist will bend the finger for me).  Active movement is pretty painful, but passive movement is supposed to be brutal (take some hydrocodone before coming, said the therapist).

4-6 weeks sounds bearable...  I'm in the same time window, I think.  Feels good being able to do some things yourself, doesn't it?

SORRY about the pins ouch! good to hear your coming along also.
yeah the only thing that hurts now is where he drilled the new acl into the two bones but he said that would go away in time. plus it's bearable as long as i'm not doing something stupid.

TOO LATE  [evil]

man, i hope you guys are all on pills!  [thumbsup]

first day of rehab yesterday. the lady says i'm gonna bend your knee back as far as i can to take a measurement it's gonna hurt. please don't hit me. holy shiite muslim did it hurt. i am sure when she goes home she is a dominatrix. i am in pain and she is freggin smiling.

There is a place down deep inside of you where you enjoyed the heck out of that.... [evil] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

I am, thank you.

During my last visit to rehab there was another biker with a busted pinky who was in the "passive movement" stage of recovery.  Man, that looks like it hurts  :o.  The therapist did that "I"m going to bend your finger to see how far it goes" deal to me, but she didn't force as much as she did with that guy.  I'm definitely taking some pills before going to those visits.  [drink]

rehab well under way now. 1st day 30 degrees of movement left quad 2cm larger than right, left calf 2cm larger than right. 2nd day 50 degrees of movement on my own. third day about 75 on my own. today 107 with some assistance from the therapist otherwise known as "LADY SUZETTE".  [evil] she said that her goal is for me to have 110 by next wed so we can start on the bike. have already been doing the leg raises with weight so we are moving along slowly. BTW no more crutches now i just have a huge freggin brace that goes ankle to.... well you know!! andre how's your rehab going?

Sounds great Chris! Keep it going. [thumbsup] When it's all over maybe you can do like I did to my neck brace. Last September at a dove hunt with friends I hung my neck brace up in a tree with string and all of us lined up firing squad style and blew the living shit out of it with our shotguns and birdshot! [laugh] OK, yes, we had been drinking a little... just added to the Kodak moment! But what a fitting end to that piece of medical equipment! [evil]

Good job, Chris [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

Great to hrear!!  Come on just let me ride the bike, not sure if the stripes and clearcoat will be done by friday, so another weekend wothout a bike, So how about letting test ride yours!!!  ;D

Are you not meeting with your stripper on a regular basis?!?
 











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Yo Chris, you were looking good at BBQ... How's rehab? How's the pain?? :o

      met w/ doc today at 9. he says all looks good the swelling in my knee is almost completly gone only 2cm to go. i have a full range of motion. the biggest concern they have is my quad muscle is still not the same size as the other. he is going to call me when they get my brace for underneath my pants so i can start ridin' again. he says it should take about a week to come in. six more sessions of rehab wohoooo!
      to anyone having an acl replacement i would definitely recommend frank rodriguez of arl. sports ortho and the allograft not the autograft. i only wish i knew who donated the acl in me.  maybe i will be faster!!!!wait because the other leg will still be slow i will just run in a circle. hmmmmm. i could always be a kicker!!! hope to see all soon on my recently serviced vespa!!! [moto]
      andre how's your rehab going?

Well that sucks, I mean you suck Chris.  I just wanted to ride the monster a couple of times and you are stingy!!  Glad all is coming along well!! [laugh] [laugh]